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Map of Medicine has launched Map Referrals, a referral management solution which integrates with GP IT systems, allowing access to pre-populated referral forms, and referrals criteria and guidance at the point of care. Map Referrals tackles the issues of referral bounce backs and variation in patient care, and has already been shown to significantly reduce time spent on administration: across a 40 practice CCG, pilots have demonstrated that Map Referrals can save 20 days of admin in a single month.

Map of Medicine, the leading provider of evidence-based, best practice care pathways and clinical decision support solutions to the NHS in England, and healthcare organisations internationally, has been recognised for excellence across its Quality Management System by the BSI Group .

The Patient Safety Awards 2013 is looking for examples of the best patient safety initiatives in the NHS - have your local care pathways got what it takes to win?.

A new Map of Medicine care map, comprising of pathways for dizziness and vertigo, is providing primary and secondary care clinicians in Gloucestershire with the information needed to ensure that care is being provided to the highest quality and in the most cost-efficient way. Patients in Gloucestershire are receiving top class vestibular (balance) rehabilitation from physiotherapists in acute and community hospitals across the county.

Six CCGs in the South have joined Map of Medicine to take advantage of the Map's Quick Start local pathway service package .

Five new pathways on pain management have been made available on the Map of Medicine to support commissioning and educate clinicians. The pathways have been created in collaboration with the British Pain Society.

Central PHO and MidCentral DHB (New Zealand) launched the Collaborative Clinical Pathways project and celebrated the completion of the first ten localised pathways. Dr Dave Ayling, from the PHO Clinical Board said "This project has really created a buzz locally. We have Primary Health Care and Secondary Clinicians earnestly and passionately at the one table working through some difficult pathway issues to get the best possible results for our patients and community".

Physicians in Abu Dhabi will lead a major initiative commissioned by the Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD) that aims to tailor standardised clinical care pathways for priority diseases affecting the health of people in Abu Dhabi.